Doc_eng_16.pdf

Doc_eng_16.pdf Doc_eng_16.pdf MUMBAI CITY REPORT Prepared by Archana Patankar Anand Patwardhan Janki Andharia Vikas Lakhani Presented at International Workshop on Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Urban Development Planning for Asian Coastal Cities Bangkok, Thailand August 2010 1. ~ 22 ~ Adaptation measures * Identifying specific adaptation measures taking into account current and future technological, socio-economic, political and institutional conditions * Identification, planning and implementation of adaptation responses considering the past experience of responses to climate risks Integrating adaptation into mainstream * planning Identifying contexts such as disaster management or infrastructure development Assessment activities for mainstreaming adaptation into current planning and policies * Carrying out policy oriented studies to understand where such integration is possible Institutional mechanism * Identifying and defining specific roles of public and private stakeholders in adaptation * Capacity building in institutions to strengthen adaptation decision-making ~ 23 ~ Health impacts * Establishing the link between climate variability and health impacts * Assessing the vulnerability of the city to water-borne and vector-borne diseases * Sensitizing city stakeholders including health professionals, Knowledge public health administrators, municipal officials and citizens’ groups to health risks of climate change Geo-climatic studies * Understanding the intraseasonal variability in monsoon * Studying the subsidence and stability of reclaimed land ~ 24 ~